Pray that by them you may be made wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

MARCH 30. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm cxxxix. 23, 24. Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your ownselves. 2 Cor. xiii. 5.

Meditate on the benefit of self-examination, &c. Pray for grace to enable you to have frequent recourse to this Christian practice, &c.

MARCH 31. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave, whither thou goest. Eccles. ix. 10.

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. John ix. 4.

MEDITATION.

This day reminds me that a quarter of this year has already elapsed. Time is a talent for which I shall have to be accountable! How have I spent my time ? Have I been diligent in performing my daily devotions, and in living agreeably

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thereto ? Have I been regular in my attendance at the house of God, and have I listened to what has been said there, with humility and reverence? Have I been kind and charitable, as far as opportunity and means would permit, to my neighbours, praying for them and doing to them as I would wish to be done to by them, forgiving injuries and imitating the example of my Saviour who went about doing good? or have I been remiss in all these holy duties? If I have been negligent hitherto in working out my salvation, and in doing all the good that I can, let me now begin in earnest to reform my conduct; for I read in the portion of scripture appointed for this day's meditation, that there is no work to be done in the grave, whither I and all mankind are hastening.

I must now work while it is day,
And use my utmost might:

I must not trifle nor delay

My labour till the night.

Lord, grant that I my time may spend

According to thy will;

And to thy word a quick ear lend,

To keep my soul from ill.

APRIL.

APRIL 1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Prov. xxvii. 1.

morrow.

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the For what is your life? it is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. James iv. 14.

Meditate on the uncertainty of life.
Pray for a due preparation for death.

APRIL 2. Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands

shall be given him.

Isaiah iii. 10, 11.

These shall go away into everlasting punish

ment; but the righteous into life eternal.

XXV. 46.

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Meditate on the difference that will be made, at the day of judgment, between the righteous and the wicked.

Pray that you may be one of that number who shall enjoy eternal life.

APRIL 3. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. Isaiah xlviii. 18.

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection. Rev. xx. 6.

Contemplate the blessedness and purity of those who shall have a part in the first resurrection, &c. Pray that you may rise to eternal life, at the general resurrection, through the merits of your Saviour.

APRIL 4. Prepare to meet thy God. Amos iv. 12.

Be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh. Matt. xxiv. 44. Meditate on the suddenness of Christ's second coming.

Pray for preparation for that awful event.

APRIL 5. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear,

than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. Eccles. v. 1.

Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your ownselves. James i. 22.

Consider with what reverence, humility, and watchfulness, you ought to approach and attend God's house.

Pray that you may be a doer of God's word, and not a hearer only.

APRIL 6. Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. Isaiah 1. 10.

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. John xii. 46.

Meditate on the end for which Christ came into the world, &c.

Pray that you may be a partaker of the benefits of his coming, &c.

APRIL 7. Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. Psalm xxxvii. 34.